The power of HiRISE |
The power of HiRISE |
Oct 9 2008, 08:04 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Busy preparing a new Outreach talk here, and have been trying to find some images to illustrate the "power" of HiRISE for a non-technical audience. Playing about with - sorry, carefully looking at the images on - the addictive Mars Global Data site I found a cute landslide on Xanthe Terra that does the trick nicely. Using the IAS Viewer you can zoom in on the boulders carried down the slope by the landslide and even see cracks and splits in them... unbelievable...!
Anyone else got any fave examples? -------------------- |
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Aug 12 2009, 04:02 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Very very very cool pic of Victoria Crater released today... oblique view...
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_013954_1780 Oppy's tracks stand out really clearly on it, too... -------------------- |
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Aug 12 2009, 06:49 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10162 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
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Aug 14 2009, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Sep 2 2009, 11:45 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Sep 3 2009, 12:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
The absence of any impact features at any scale here is just amazing.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 3 2009, 01:52 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Wow...well spotted, Stu.
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Sep 3 2009, 02:09 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Remarkable; thanks, Stu!!!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that an island in the middle of the channel? Hmmm exp hmmmm.... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Sep 3 2009, 11:45 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's just more spectacular than the others.
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Sep 3 2009, 03:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that an island in the middle of the channel? Hmmm exp hmmmm.... I could explain the lack of impact features to myself, since this is a small area presumably on a crater wall. But an island seems really interesting. Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's just more spectacular than the others. Is this actually Gale, or is it Hale? I saw a gullies in Hale image posted, didn't see Gale yet. |
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Sep 3 2009, 03:36 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Stu said those a few posts ago were Gale.
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Sep 3 2009, 04:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's just more spectacular than the others. I agree. I'm particularly concerned about Ebrswalde which I fear looks enticing on a macro scale but like Gusev it could become a disappointment (the serendipitous Columbia Hills notwithstanding), possibly hard sandstone maybe even overlaid with some kind of cap-rock obstruction. I like Gale but I also think the likely breathtaking scenery at Holden would be something to keep Stu's inkwell stirred. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 19 2009, 11:09 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
"Baby" gully on a new HiRISE image..?
http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2009/09/1...geous-gullies-2 Just wondering... all input appreciated -------------------- |
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Sep 19 2009, 12:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1431 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
"Baby" gully on a new HiRISE image..? I'm certainly no geologist, but I agree with your interpretation of that. Definitely would be nice to get a second image of it later. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Sep 19 2009, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
If it's a "baby" gully, it's been a baby for quite a while. The sand ripples evident in the image seem to have conformed to the dip into the linear depression. If this feature were a new gully that is just beginning to form, you wouldn't expect that there would have been time for such conformal ripples to have formed along the topography.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Sep 19 2009, 11:04 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Ah, good thinking Doug, thanks. All input appreciated; it was just something that caught my eye.
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